Folding display box



R. S. ALLAN.

FOLDING DISPLAY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7. 1921.

1 ,4 1 U, 86 9 Patented M31. 28, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET1- R. S. ALLAN.

FOLDING DISPLAY BOX,

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1921.

Patented Mar. 28,1922.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

i RICHARD SPENCE ALLAN, 0F HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOFR T0MESSM' REID PRESS LIMITED, OE HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORATION.

FOLDING- DISPLAY K.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patenfl gfl may, 11922,

Application filed February 7, 1921. Serial Ito. 443,056.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, RICHARD SPENcE ALLAN, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, a resident of the city of Hamllton, Province of Ontario,Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improve mentsin Folding Display Boxes, of wh1ch the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in folding display boxes,particularly to boxes or cartons made of cardboard and capable of bothcontaining the merchandise and displaying the same, together withsuitably advertising the matter when the carton or box is open. I

Further objects of the invention are to enable boxes to be economicallymanufactured and to enable the display means to be supported at such anangle that it may be read with greater facility and consequently effecta better display.

Further objects still are to provide a box in which the variouscollective parts are well adapted to perform the functions re quired ofthem.

It consists essentially of the improved construction hereinafterdescribed in detail in the accompanying specification and drawin s.

n the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the box open.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the box open.

Figure 3 is a perspective detail of a corner of the box.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the blank from which the box is formed.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through the box when closed.

In the drawings, like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

The box shown is folded from a single blank of cardboard or the like,but the invention is not limited in this application thereto, as certainfeatures of the invention could be equally well applied to boxes ofother forms, and constructed of separate pieces of material cut to sizeand glued or hinged together.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body portion of thereceptacle, and B the cover which is hinged to the side 10 of the bodyportion.

' the portion 13 looking ends adapted to engage In accordance with thepresent invention the cover is formed intermediate of its length with aline of fold or hinge 11 thereby dividing the cover into two parts 12and 13.

The line of fold 11 is so placed that when the cover is open to theposition shown in Figures 1 and 2, and the portion 13 folded downwardlyas indicated, it will extend below the body and so constitute a supportby which the box may be supported in inclined position, and to giveincreased rigidity to the box in this position, the end 14 on theportion 13 is folded upwardly and engaged with the side 10 of the box.

It will be observed that in this position extends substantiallyvertically, while the display portion 12 extends backwardly at an anglewhereby it may be readily visible from a person viewing the same fromabove.

In order to increase the display effect, the portion 12 is formed with acut-out projection 15 originally forming part of the portion 13. This iscut out by interrupting the line of fold or hinge whereby the portion 15will remain in the same plane with the portion 12and continuoustherewith.

In the embodiment illustrated, the sides of the box 10, 16, 17 and 18are formed integral with the bottom, and are adapted to interlock, thusthe sides 16 and 18 are formed with side flaps 19 and 20 formed withintersuitably spaced slots 21 and 22 in the side 10.

In a similar way the sides 16 and 18 are designed to interlock with theside 17, this being accomplished by providing flaps 23 and 24 on thesides 16 and 18 which are adapted to fold on the inner side of the flap17 and to be retained in, such position by means of a folded over flap25 on the side 17 adapted to fold over the top of the fiap 23 and 2a andto be retained in position by means of an extension flap 26 bent upvardly substantially parallel with the bottom 27 on the box as indicatedin Figure 2, being held in such position by a natural resiliency fromthe cardboard from which the box is formed or by glue if necessary.

The sides 16 and 18 may also be formed with extension flaps 28 and 29which may be opened out to form display means when the box is open.

The folded up portion 1a which assists in retaining the cover in displayposition may be retained in position a ainst the side 10 by engaging theend of t e portion 14, beneath the flaps 19 and 20 when in interlockedposition.

To close the box the flaps 28 and 29 are folded inwardly, the cover B isfolded over the top of the box, the portions 12 and 13 being purposelybrought 1nto the same plane, thereby constituting a complete cover forthe top of the box, and the end portlon 14 1s then bent downwardlyparallel and on the lnslde of the side 17.

It will be seen that the box forms an efiective package for the goodsdurlng shipment, and when opened out provides a prominent dis lay meansfor advertising.

articular attention may be called to the fact that the displayportion'12 is supported at an inclined vertical angle, whereby it may beread with greater facility and furthermore the engagement of the portion14 of the side of the box supports the same firmly in an inclinedposition.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scopeof the claims constructed without departing from the spirit or 30 scopethereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovespecification and accompanying drawings shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention 1s: 1. A folding display box having asuitable bottom, and integral sides formed with interlockingprojections, and a cover having a line of fold and a cut-out portionadapted to be projected upwardly to form a display when the cover isbent backwardly, a portion of the cover which is adapted to be foldedbackwardly havin means thereon adapted to be bent upward y to engagewiththe said interlocking projections on the sides.

2. A display box comprising a suitable body portion, a hinged displaycover connected to one side of the body portion, having a portionadapted to be bent backwardly and downwardly to form a support for thecover and box, said portion bent backwardly and downwardly having an endportion bent upwardly and engaged with the side of the body portion ofthe box, the backwardly bent portion normally assuming a substantiallyvertical position, while the display portion of the cover extends at anangle to the vertical, the line of fold between the said upwardly bentportion and the backwardly and downwardly bent portion being adapted torest on the support on which the box is placed whereby the backwardlyand downwardly bent portion and the upwardly bent portion togetherconstitute a le for the box.

In witness whereof I ave hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

r RICHARD SPENGE ALLAN.

Witnesses:

C. M. ELLIO'IT,

V. T. CAREY.

